The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Rotmistrov, Pavel Alekseevich
Chief Marshal of Tank Troops
* 6th of July 1901
† 6th of April 1982
(Павел Алексеевич Ротмистров)
Promotions
| 1937-XX-XX | Colonel |
| 1942-07-21 | Major-General of Tank Troops |
| 1942-12-29 | Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops |
| 1943-10-20 | Colonel-General of Tank Troops |
| 1944-02-21 | Marshal of Tank Troops |
| 1962-04-28 | Chief Marshal of Tank Troops |
Service
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1937-10-XX | Commanding Officer 63rd Rifle Regiment |
| 1937-10-XX | – | 1937-12-27 | At disposal of the Directorate of Command Staff |
| 1937-12-27 | – | 1939-09-XX | Instructor at Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation |
| 1939-XX-XX | – | 1940-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 35th Tank Brigade |
| 1939-XX-XX | – | 1940-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 35th Tank Brigade |
| 1940-12-XX | – | 1941-03-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer 5th Tank Division |
| 1941-05-XX | – | 1941-09-14 | Chief of Staff, III Mechanised Corps |
| 1941-09-14 | – | 1942-01-11 | Commanding Officer 8th Tank Brigade |
| 1942-01-11 | – | 1942-04-26 | Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Tank Brigade |
| 1942-04-17 | – | 1942-12-29 | Commanding Officer VII Tank Corps |
| 1942-12-29 | – | 1943-02-22 | Commanding Officer III Guards Tank Corps |
| 1943-02-22 | – | 1944-08-08 | Commanding Officer 5th Guards Tank Army |
| 1944-08-08 | – | 1945-06-28 | Deputy Commander in Chief Soviet Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1945-06-28 | – | 1947-05-28 | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Soviet Group of Forces in Germany |
| 1947-05-28 | – | 1948-04-12 | Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces Far East |
| 1948-04-12 | – | 1948-08-11 | At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1948-08-11 | – | 1956-07-10 | Head of Tank & Mechanised Forces Department, Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1956-07-10 | – | 1958-01-04 | Deputy Head of Strategy & Operational Art Department, Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1958-01-04 | – | 1964-04-XX | Commandant of Military Academy of the Tank Forces |
| 1964-04-XX | – | 1968-06-25 | Assistant Minister of Defence |
| 1968-06-25 | – | 1982-04-06 | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger